Execute Setup with admin rights

Question

I have a windows forms app developed in c# and have created a setup file for it. .Net Framework used is 3.0.

Now, setup should force for admin rights for installation and then proceed else not.

I found articles on creating manifest file which works fine but when program is launched after installation it again asks for admin rights which is not i want.

And this prompt should also work on Windows XP SP 1 and above OS.

Answer 1

To prompt Installer to invoke the UAC prompt to the user you can do the following:

• Right click your Setup Project > View > Launch Conditions.
• Right click Launch Conditions > Add a new Condition in your Launch Conditions.
• Right click the Condition, choose Properties Window.
• Set Condition to AdminUser . (You can also try setting Privileged property)
• Build and install

OR

Edit your .vdproj, change requiresElevation attribute to true

"MsiBootstrapper"
{

    "RequiresElevation" = "11:TRUE"
}